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THE BARD WRITES

200

'During a fight, he shouts, "Lay on, Macduff, and damned be him that first cries 'Hold Enough'"'

Macbeth

400

'He agrees to loan Antonio 3,000 ducats but asks for "an equal pound of your fair flesh" if it's not repaid on time'

Shylock

600

'After he & Cassius team up to kill Julius Caesar, he says, "Let us bathe our hands in Caesar's blood up to the elbows"'

Brutus

800

'"The rest is silence" are this prince's dying words'

Hamlet

1000

'In "Romeo and Juliet", this line precedes "Deny thy father, and refuse thy name"'

O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?

LET'S GET TOGETHER

200

'The Friars Club is known for these gatherings in which the honorees get lovingly insulted'

roasts

400

'1 out of every 4 players in one of these card clubs is a dummy'

Bridge club

600

'One of the few words in the dictionary with 3 "W"s, it's a Native American get-together'

pow-wow

800

'Another name for a costume ball; it's also in the title of a George Benson hit'

masquerade

1000

'This island in the Indian Ocean shares its name with a type of get-together'

Reunion Island

FISH

200

'These fish do not flap their pectoral fins; they leap into the air & glide'

flying fish

400

'These deadly fish have been released into U.S. lakes when owners found that feeding them was expensive'

piranhas

600

'Including over 300 species, this fish has reserve rows of teeth & 5 types of fins which enhance its swimming'

sharks

800

'Seen here, these small fish have been widely introduced to control mosquito populations'

guppies

1000

'Feeding on other fish's entrails, it gets its name from a 3-letter word for an ugly old woman'

hagfish

PHOBIAS

200

'A person who's hemophobic can't stand the sight of this'

blood

400

'If you have pyrophobia & go camping, don't sit here'

near the fire

600

'Whoa, don't look down! This is the fear of heights'

acrophobia

800

'If Drew Barrymore were amaxophobic, she'd avoid doing this, with or without boys'

riding in cars

1000

'It's the 17-letter term for fear of the number 13'

triskaidekaphobia

CELEBRITY BIOGRAPHIES

200

'"Norma Jean"'

Marilyn Monroe

400

'"His Way"'

Frank Sinatra

600

'"A Rocky Life"'

Sylvester Stallone

800

'"Mr. Strangelove"'

Peter Sellers

1000

'"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" & "Rebel"'

James Dean